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kosanke 0
have a rigger fold over the end and sew it. done.
Quotehave a rigger fold over the end and sew it. done.
that's what I thought I would do
am I the only one to experience that?
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labrys 0
You sure?
I have a Javelin, and I tried folding the strap over once. It wouldn't fit through the friction adapter.
Maybe following Sunpath's guidelines for stowing the excess strap would be a better idea.
Edit to add pic from the Javelin owner's manual.
I have a Javelin, and I tried folding the strap over once. It wouldn't fit through the friction adapter.
Maybe following Sunpath's guidelines for stowing the excess strap would be a better idea.
Edit to add pic from the Javelin owner's manual.
Owned by Remi #?
kosanke 0
fold over once.sew. I've done this on my older jav with 1" webbing. when in doubt, call sunpath. their service dept is first class and no doubt will be able to answer.
lilchief 0
I thought the routing in the picture too was good. But after doing some RP(Relative Philosiphy
) i changed it to have the end pass through the rubber band again. In that way it's harder to let the chest strap come loose if you entangle/bump/snag it during exit and starts to bitchslap you during freefall
(hope I never have to experience that).
On my Icon, the chest strap doesn't have any "stoppingpiece" at the end. I find it scary, but it hasn't undone it self yet. But I'm also very interested in modify it to have a piece of webbing that prevents it from gliding trough.
) i changed it to have the end pass through the rubber band again. In that way it's harder to let the chest strap come loose if you entangle/bump/snag it during exit and starts to bitchslap you during freefall (hope I never have to experience that). On my Icon, the chest strap doesn't have any "stoppingpiece" at the end. I find it scary, but it hasn't undone it self yet. But I'm also very interested in modify it to have a piece of webbing that prevents it from gliding trough.
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labrys 0
QuoteI thought the routing in the picture too was good.
huh? please explain "too good"
Owned by Remi #?
If it were my rig and had upper articulation (chest rings) I'd have a nice type 8 chest strap put on with a fold back and be done with it. It's a pretty simple job, materials should be just about $20 and it's takes less than an hour.
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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
hookitt 0
QuoteIf it were my rig and had upper articulation (chest rings) I'd have a nice type 8 chest strap put on with a fold back and be done with it. It's a pretty simple job, materials should be just about $20 and it's takes less than an hour.
I agree with this.
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lilchief 0
What I tried to say was that it seemed like a good solution until i did RP.... 
Even "check spelling" can't correct lousy english from a norwegian ...haha
Even "check spelling" can't correct lousy english from a norwegian ...haha
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ahdz 0
I added a piece of type 3 tape a few inches from the end of the chest strap. This is similar to what Rigging Innovations do on their rigs except RI's are at the end of the chest strap. It hardly adds anything to the thickness but stiffens that point enough to stop it easily bending round through the chest strap adaptor and coming undone by itself.
Picture attached
Picture attached
If your open under a good canopy what is the big deal with it coming open ???
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skydiverek 55
What if you have to cut-away SOME time AFTER the deployment (collision, etc.) and your chest strap is open...?
Why not wait till your cut-away hard deck to loosen the chest strap at that point your commited to your main
Not only will you look better, feel better, and fuck better; you'll have significantly increased your life expectancy. --Douva
Not only will you look better, feel better, and fuck better; you'll have significantly increased your life expectancy. --Douva
Why make things more complicated than they need to be? Deploy canopy, clear airspace, check canopy, collapse slider, pull down, open chest-strap, unstow brakes. That should take very little time to do with practice and it will be very apparent whether your canopy is landable or not. Waiting to get lower to do all this stuff does not net you anything and the potential for collisions seems to increase the lower and closer to the landing area you get. Better yet, just mod the chest strap so it won't come open anyway as was suggested earlier.
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Cheers,
Travis
riggerrob 558
Another alternative is have your local rigger gently unpick the stitching near the end of your chest strap and sew in a three inch long plastic stiffener. The increase in thickness will not be enough to impede donning your harness, but it will be too long to accidentally slip out of the buckle with any load.
Having not (yet) consulted Sunpath, I suspect (in the US) you should specify "Master Rigger" as this most certainly would be a major repair/alteration.
Jim
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